diff --git a/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.cpp b/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.cpp
index d02ac923..5c7c20db 100644
--- a/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ typedef struct	// 22 bytes
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
 unsigned __stdcall SystemThreadProc(void* pParam);
-void EscapeRegex(std::wstring& regex);
 void GetFolderInfo(std::queue<std::wstring>& folderQueue, std::wstring& folder, ParentMeasure* parent, RecursiveType rType);
 void GetIcon(std::wstring filePath, const std::wstring& iconPath, IconSize iconSize);
 HRESULT SaveIcon(HICON hIcon, FILE* fp);
@@ -741,11 +740,6 @@ unsigned __stdcall SystemThreadProc(void* pParam)
 			std::wstring folder = tmp->path;
 			
 			RecursiveType rType = tmp->recursiveType;
-			if (rType == RECURSIVE_FULL && tmp->wildcardSearch != L"*")
-			{
-				EscapeRegex(tmp->wildcardSearch);
-			}
-
 			GetFolderInfo(folderQueue, folder, tmp, (rType == RECURSIVE_PARTIAL) ? RECURSIVE_NONE : rType);
 
 			while (rType != RECURSIVE_NONE && !folderQueue.empty())
@@ -912,37 +906,6 @@ unsigned __stdcall SystemThreadProc(void* pParam)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void EscapeRegex(std::wstring& regex)
-{
-	auto replace = [&regex](std::wstring from, std::wstring to)
-	{
-		size_t start = 0;
-		while ((start = regex.find(from, start)) != std::wstring::npos)
-		{
-			regex.replace(start, from.size(), to);
-			start += to.size();
-		}
-	};
-
-	replace(L"\\", L"\\\\");
-	replace(L"^", L"\\^");
-	replace(L"$", L"\\$");
-	replace(L"|", L"\\|");
-	replace(L"(", L"\\(");
-	replace(L")", L"\\)");
-	replace(L"[", L"\\[");
-	replace(L"]", L"\\]");
-	replace(L".", L"\\.");
-	replace(L"+", L"\\+");
-	replace(L"/", L"\\/");
-	replace(L"&", L"\\&");
-	replace(L"{", L"\\{");
-	replace(L"}", L"\\}");
-
-	replace(L"*", L".*");
-	replace(L"?", L".");
-}
-
 void GetFolderInfo(std::queue<std::wstring>& folderQueue, std::wstring& folder, ParentMeasure* parent, RecursiveType rType)
 {
 	std::wstring path = folder;
@@ -969,8 +932,7 @@ void GetFolderInfo(std::queue<std::wstring>& folderQueue, std::wstring& folder,
 
 			if (rType == RECURSIVE_FULL && parent->wildcardSearch != L"*" && !file.isFolder)
 			{
-				std::wregex pattern(parent->wildcardSearch, std::wregex::icase | std::wregex::optimize);
-				if (!std::regex_match(file.fileName, pattern))
+				if (!PathMatchSpec(file.fileName.c_str(), parent->wildcardSearch.c_str()))
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.vcxproj b/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.vcxproj
index 771bf0e3..2e2f3c60 100644
--- a/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.vcxproj
+++ b/Plugins/PluginFileView/PluginFileView.vcxproj
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
     </Link>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
     </Link>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
     </Link>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -47,6 +56,9 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
     </Link>
+    <Link>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Shlwapi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="PluginFileView.h" />
diff --git a/Plugins/PluginFileView/StdAfx.h b/Plugins/PluginFileView/StdAfx.h
index cd0b274b..b932eac0 100644
--- a/Plugins/PluginFileView/StdAfx.h
+++ b/Plugins/PluginFileView/StdAfx.h
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <commoncontrols.h>
 #include <process.h>
+#include <Shlwapi.h>
 
 // STL
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <queue>
-#include <regex>
 #include <algorithm>
 
 // Rainmeter API